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Battle of the Masts
The Battle of the Masts (Dhat al-Sawari) was a naval battle off Lycia in 654–655, where the Caliphate's fleet defeated Emperor Constans II's Byzantine fleet.
Battle of the Metaurus
The Battle of the Metaurus (207 BC) was a Second Punic War battle in which Roman consuls Nero and Livius Salinator destroyed Hasdrubal Barca's invading Carthaginian army.
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (28 October 312): Constantine defeated and drowned his rival Maxentius outside Rome, securing the West. Known for the vision accounts of Lactantius and Eusebius and its link to Constantine's turn toward Christianity.
Battle of the Monongahela
Battle of the Monongahela, or Braddock's Defeat (July 9, 1755): French, Canadian, and Native forces under Dumas and Beaujeu destroyed Major General Edward Braddock's column near Fort Duquesne; Braddock died July 13; about 1,000 British casualties against roughly 90 French.
Battle of the Morannon
Battle of the Morannon, also called the Battle of the Black Gate: the last major battle of the War of the Ring in Tolkien's The Return of the King, fought 25 March T.A. 3019 at Dagorlad before the Morannon, a diversion by the Captains of the West.
Battle of the Motya channel
The Battle of the Motya channel was a 397 BC naval action during the siege of Motya, Sicily, where Dionysius I hauled his trapped fleet overland to escape Himilco.
Battle of the Narmada
The Battle of the Narmada (नर्मदा) was a 7th-century battle on the Narmada river where Chalukya emperor Pulakeshin II repulsed the invasion of the north Indian emperor Harsha.
Battle of the Network Stars
Battle of the Network Stars: ABC specials (first aired November 13, 1976) in which TV actors from ABC, CBS, and NBC competed in tug-of-war, obstacle course, and swimming events, hosted by Howard Cosell; revived by ABC in 2017.
Battle of the Neva
The Battle of the Neva was a 1240 engagement where a Swedish force was defeated by Novgorodians under Prince Aleksandr Yaroslavich. The victory earned him the epithet Nevskii.
Battle of the Niemen River
The Battle of the Niemen River, also called the Niemen operation, was the last major battle of the Polish-Soviet War, won by Piłsudski's forces in September 1920.
Battle of the Nile
Battle of the Nile, also Battle of Aboukir Bay: naval battle of 1 August 1798 in which Nelson destroyed the French fleet at anchor in Aboukir Bay, cutting Napoleon's army off from Europe during the Egyptian campaign.
Battle of the Nobles
The Battle of the Nobles (Arabic: mawqiʿat al-ashrāf) was a December 740 battle of the Great Berber Revolt in which Berber rebels wiped out an Umayyad army, with heavy losses among Ifrīqiya's Arab aristocracy.
Battle of the North Cape
Battle of the North Cape, 26 December 1943: HMS Duke of York and cruiser forces sank the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst (Admiral Bey) as she attacked Arctic convoy JW 55B; 1,968 German dead, 36 survivors.
Battle of the Oenoparus
The Battle of the Oenoparus was a July 145 BC battle in Syria where Ptolemy VI of Egypt defeated Alexander Balas but died of his wounds.
Battle of the Paracel Islands (西沙海战)
Battle of the Paracel Islands (西沙海战): 19-20 January 1974 naval and amphibious clash in which the PLAN defeated the South Vietnamese navy, sank HQ-10, and took de facto control of the entire Paracel archipelago, still disputed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
Battle of the Pelennor Fields, also Battle of the Field of Gondor: fictional battle in Tolkien's The Return of the King, fought 15 March T.A. 3019 outside Minas Tirith, where Gondor and Rohan defeated Sauron's host and Éowyn and Merry slew the Witch-king.
Battle of the Persian Gate
The Battle of the Persian Gate (نبرد دروازه پارس) was a battle in 330 BCE where Alexander the Great outflanked and destroyed the Persian force of Ariobarzanes.
Battle of the Philippine Sea
The Battle of the Philippine Sea, also called the Marianas Turkey Shoot, was a 1944 World War II naval battle won decisively by the United States Navy.
Battle of the Piave River
The Battle of the Piave River, also called the Battle of the Solstice, was a defensive victory of the Italian Army against Austria-Hungary in June 1918.
Battle of the Plain of Jars
A series of campaigns from the early 1960s to 1975 for control of a strategic plateau in northern Laos during the Laotian Civil War, part of the secret war.
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Bataille des plaines d'Abraham), September 13, 1759: Wolfe's British army defeated Montcalm's French force outside Quebec City after an eleven-week siege, leading to the city's capitulation and the British conquest of New France.
Battle of the Planets
Battle of the Planets (1978) is Sandy Frank's American adaptation of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, 85 syndicated episodes with violence cut, new robot 7-Zark-7, Hoyt Curtin music, and worldwide broadcasts.
Battle of the Pomeranian Wall
The Battle of the Pomeranian Wall (Bitwa o Wał Pomorski, Pommernstellung) was a February 1945 battle in which Polish and Soviet forces broke the German fortified line in Pomerania.
Battle of the Port of Carthage
The Battle of the Port of Carthage was a 147 BC naval sortie from Carthage's military harbor against Scipio Aemilianus's fleet during the Third Punic War.
Battle of the Punchbowl
The Battle of the Punchbowl (Korean: 펀치볼전투), also called the battle for the Haean Basin, was fought from 31 August to 20 September 1951 during the Korean War.
Battle of the Pyana River
The Battle of the Pyana River (Битва на реке Пьяне) was fought on 2 August 1377, when Arab-Shah's Horde army annihilated a Russian army camped unprepared on the Pyana.
Battle of the Pyramids (معركة الأهرام)
Battle of the Pyramids (معركة الأهرام), or Battle of Embabeh: Napoleon's 21 July 1798 victory over Murad Bey's Mamluks near Cairo using divisional infantry squares, enabling the French occupation of Cairo.
Battle of the Rhone crossing
The Battle of the Rhone crossing, or Hannibal's crossing of the Rhone, was his 218 BC forced passage of the river in Gaul against Volcae resistance.
Battle of the Rio Salado
The Battle of the Rio Salado (معركة ريو سالادو) was a 1340 battle near Tarifa where Castile and Portugal won a decisive victory over Morocco and Granada.
Battle of the River Plate
Battle of the River Plate (13 December 1939): British cruisers Ajax, Exeter, and Achilles under Commodore Harwood fought the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee; her scuttling at Montevideo made it Britain's first major naval victory of World War II.